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At U͏FC 297,͏  Dri͏cus D͏u Plessis wa͏s crow͏ned ͏the new middlewe͏igh͏t͏ champion ͏a͏fter de͏feating Sean Strickland. The South African figh͏ter has͏ b͏een undefeated͏ for͏ the past ͏six years. Du Plessis d͏ream͏ed of becomi͏ng the new face of South Afr͏ican MMA,͏ and it seems ͏that drea͏m is finally coming t͏rue. While much is known about his fighting career, what abou͏t his personal li͏fe?͏

The MMA community does not have enough knowledge about his personal life including his love life. While he loves keeping his romantic life private, here’s all we know about his alleged girlfriend.

Who is Vasti Spiller – Dricus Du Plessis’ girlfriend/wife? Are they married?

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Dricus Du Plessis often refrains from sharing too many details about his personal life, especially his romantic affairs. Nevertheless, many fans know that the South African fighter is not married yet. Rumors were swirling about him possibly dating someone after he shared a picture with a woman on social media and wished people a happy Valentine’s Day a few years ago.

Thanks to the UFC Embedded series, we now know his current partner’s name is Vasti Spiller. Now, while Du Plessis does not post about his love life, Spiller occasionally posts romantic pictures with the fighter. Spiller has uploaded a few amazing photos of them together which makes it obvious that they are dating. The 25-year-old even took to her social media handle to announce that they completed 1 year of their relationship on July 10th. However, they are not married as of yet.

On 14th January, it was Du Plessis’ birthday and Spiller shared a reel of their best moments. “Happy 30th birthday my Dric! It’s the greatest privilege to love your heart,” she wrote (Translated by Google). She also loves the farm and animals as she is regularly seen posting about them.

Further, Spiller had entered the 2022 Miss South Africa pageant but couldn’t make the cut to win the crown. Well, now that we know about Spiller, let’s have a look at her parents.

Vasti Spiller’s parents and family

Ver͏y little is known about Vasti Spiller’s͏ parent͏s at this time.͏ Her mother is Ester Spiller Coetzee,͏ and her stepfather is Chris C͏oetzee. In 2009, her mother introduced her stepfather Chris Coetzee. Her parents are devout Christians and spend most of their time together. It must be noted that Vassti Spiller’s real father is Oades Spiller, however, very little is known about him.

Vasti͏ is͏ th͏e͏ si͏ster o͏f Brandon Oad͏es Spiller͏,͏ J͏͏ona͏th͏͏an Dwa͏yne͏ Spi͏lle͏r͏, and͏ C͏arl͏a͏ Spi͏l͏l͏e͏r.͏ ͏Sh͏͏e i͏s ͏also th͏͏e s͏t͏e͏ps͏ib͏͏lin͏g of S͏t͏i͏an ͏Coetzee and͏͏ Minet͏ Coet͏zee͏. Cu͏rr͏ently, Va͏st͏i r͏esides͏ in Joh͏annes͏͏bur͏g,͏ Gau͏ten͏͏g.Well, now that we know about her family let’s have a look at what does she for a living.

Is Vasti Spiller a combat coach? Her Profession and career

According to her Instagram account, which has more than 46.8K followers, Spiller is a boxing coach at CIT Boxing Studio in South Africa. Moreover, she also owns a photography business by the name of Baruch Photography. She is the ambassador of B Loved Foundation- a philanthropic organization dedicated to providing food to those in need.

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It must be noted that she did her education at North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit and she did an internship in photography. Before embracing her journey as a kickboxing instructor, she was working as a social media manager for a startup back in the United States.

Spiller also published a book titled ‘The Art of Loving’ when she was 24. All funds collected from the book’s sales went to the B Loved Regain Program which helps vulnerable people. The book has been designed to help young children overcome trauma and the unimaginable atrocities they have been through. As reported by ‘Just A Mama’, the book has been penned from Vasti’s own life experiences and the values her mother taught her.

“I wrote this so that children could understand that there isn’t one person out there that is perfect, but there is something like a perfect love that heals,” Spiller said at her book launch. As per the information available, all her ventures are based in South Africa.

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Coming back to Du Plessis’ love life, a rumor surrounding his dating life started back in 2022. A woman named Nastassja Ras shared a picture with the MW champ on Facebook during Valentine’s Day. This post garnered the attention of many people as they believed that the couple may be in a relationship. However, there is no confirmation regarding this. But his next fight is confirmed!

‘Stillknocks’ is set to fight Israel Adesanya at UFC 305 and defend his middleweight championship belt for the first time. Needless to say, the South African fighter will have complete support from Spiller. But will it be enough to protect him from Adesanya? We’ll have to wait and see.